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tim.ellershaw-mira.co - 2/26/2013 5:20:39 AM

Forums on Free edition, version 6

I'm trying to experiment with the Free edition of version 6 on my company Intranet.

I just want a couple of pages and a discussion forum.

I've created a new Forum Group, but when I try to add a Forum it says :
"The requested feature is not available in the CMS edition you are using: Free "

Are forums not supported in the free version ?

Thanks,

Tim.


Kentico Customer Success	kentico_martind2 - 2/26/2013 5:38:08 AM RE:Forums on Free edition, version 6 Hello Tim If you will take a look at the Feature matrix. You will find out that the Groups are not available in the Free Edition and also... you can have only 3 forums. I hope this explains the limitations. Best regards, Martin Danko


Member	tim.ellershaw-mira.co - 2/26/2013 5:42:38 AM RE:Forums on Free edition, version 6 Sorry, I'm a bit confused. Can I have Forums without them being in a Forum group ?


Kentico Customer Success	kentico_martind2 - 2/26/2013 7:31:57 AM RE:Forums on Free edition, version 6 Hi Tim, Yes of course, Forums group are a little bit different part. Could you please check if there aren't any pre-defined forums, so after creating your own, you have reached a limitation of 3 forums? Best regards, Martin Danko

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Brenden Kehren - 2/26/2013 12:14:10 PM

RE:Forums on Free edition, version 6

tim.ellershaw-mira.co wrote:
Can I have Forums without them being in a Forum group ?

No you cannot have a forum without it being in a group. The group is just a container and by default will display as a header at the top of a grid while all the forums are nested below it.

If you look how the Devnet forums are setup, Version 7.x is a group and Portal Engine is a forum. As already mentioned, the limitation is to 3 forums (not groups)

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tim.ellershaw-mira.co - 2/27/2013 2:48:14 AM

RE:Forums on Free edition, version 6

kentico_martind2 wrote: You will find out that the Groups are not available in the Free Edition

FroggEye wrote:
tim.ellershaw-mira.co wrote:
Can I have Forums without them being in a Forum group ?

No you cannot have a forum without it being in a group.

So, I can't have groups,
and I can't have a forum unless it is in a group ?

- someone is incorrect here, surely ?


Member	kentico_davidb2 - 2/27/2013 3:11:54 AM RE:Forums on Free edition, version 6 Hello, Groups are not available in Free edition. Forum Groups are available and you can have as many of them as you like. Forums are available, but only 3 altogether across all Forum Groups and Sites. David


Kentico Legend	Brenden Kehren - 2/27/2013 2:26:16 PM RE:Forums on Free edition, version 6 I apoligize for the confusion Tim, I should have stated you cannot have a Forum without it being in a Forum Group, not a Group. Groups and Forum Groups are 2 totally different items.

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tim.ellershaw-mira.co - 2/28/2013 2:51:58 AM

RE:Forums on Free edition, version 6

OK, thanks.

So, the underlying question is still there:

If I install a clean copy of V6 Free edition to an empty database, install a blank site, go to site content, Add a Forum Group and then try to add a forum it says : "The requested feature is not available in the CMS edition you are using: Free"

Thanks to everybody for their help,

Tim.


Member	tim.ellershaw-mira.co - 2/28/2013 2:58:16 AM RE:Forums on Free edition, version 6 FroggEye wrote: I apoligize for the confusion Tim, I should have stated you cannot have a Forum without it being in a Forum Group, not a Group. Groups and Forum Groups are 2 totally different items. Not your fault - kentico_martind2 sent us off in the wrong direction. Thanks for your help.


Member	tim.ellershaw-mira.co - 3/4/2013 2:52:25 AM RE:Forums on Free edition, version 6 Found the answer : “Hotfix 6.0.2: Licensing - Adding new forums wasn't possible in the Free edition.” installing the hotfix seems to have cured the problem. Tim.


Kentico Customer Success	kentico_martind2 - 3/4/2013 4:19:05 AM RE:Forums on Free edition, version 6 Hi Tim, thanks for the update. I'm glad that your issue was resolved by applying the hotfix. As I mentioned before... Groups a Forum groups are 2 different things: 1. Creating a forum group 2. Groups management Best regards, Martin Danko